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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Home Tuition Scheme (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department’s Home tuition Grant Scheme provides funding towards a compensatory educational service for children with special educational needs seeking an educational placement, as an interim measure until a placement becomes available. The Home Tuition Grant Scheme also makes provision for early educational intervention for children with ASD aged 3–5 years seeking an ASD...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: As part of a comprehensive customer service and communications strategy provided by Student Universal Support Ireland (SUSI), to ensure that all necessary avenues are open to applicants to receive the information they need, a dedicated email and phone line service is provided by SUSI for Oireachtas members. This was established to meet an identified need for applicants who choose to engage...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: My Department had no social media spend in 2016 and 2017. As part of the Teacher Supply Action Plan, a campaign to promote the teaching profession went live today, 19thDecember 2018. My Department worked closely with the Government Information Service and their creative media agencies on the campaign, which includes social media. The detailed invoices in relation to the social media element...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Expenditure (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: For the Deputy’s information, below are the details in relation to the expenditure from 2016 - 2018 inclusive. During 2018, my Department engaged in a number of high-profile campaigns aimed at raising awareness among the teaching profession and learners of specific initiatives including Ireland's Foreign Language Strategy; a national STEM awareness campaign (€78,965); and an...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Universal Support Ireland Data (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy follows. Renewal Applications only Home Address County Awarded 100% Rates* Awarded Other Rates Refused  Cancelled  Other** Grand Total Carlow 442 172 28 5 1 648 Cavan 635 224 42 1 3 905 Clare 889 393 84 8 4 1,378 Cork 2,905 1,335 309 24 17 4,590 Donegal 1,595 453 92 3 8 2,151 Dublin 5,163 2,334 519 48 31 8,095...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Refurbishment (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I wish to advise the Deputy that my Department provides a number of mechanisms through which improvements are carried out in schools. Through the 6 year Capital Programme, the investment plan is about looking to the future and ensuring that our school infrastructure is well prepared to accommodate our growing school population. The programme also addresses the requirements of many schools...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Accommodation (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The information requested by the Deputy is being collated by my Department and will be forwarded to him when compiled.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Enrolments Data (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The selection and enrolment of pupils is the responsibility of the management authorities in each individual school. My Department's main responsibility is to ensure that schools in an area can, between them, cater for all pupils seeking places in an area. However, this may result in some pupils not obtaining a place in the school of their first choice. As schools may not have a place for...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teacher Retirements (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: For the purposes of estimating costs as part of the annual Estimates process, the Department makes short-term forecasts, based on trend analysis, of the scale of teacher retirements expected for the following year. The complexities in forecasting retirements are well understood, and it can be difficult in any given year to predict with absolute certainty the number of retirements which will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Works Scheme Appeals (19 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The school to which the Deputy refers recently submitted an appeal to my Department requesting a review of its application for funding under the Emergency Works Grant Scheme to address yard issues at the school. My Department has recently received additional information in relation to this appeal and it is envisaged that a decision will issue to the School Authorities shortly.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Funding (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 178, 179 and 183 together. I can confirm that the Department has received the report referred to by the Deputies. The report is currently being reviewed by officials within my Department and I expect this review to be completed very shortly. A decision on the matter will be notified to the Dublin and Dún Laoghaire ETB immediately thereafter.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The Deputy will be aware that a building project for the school in question is included on my Department's Construction Programme. My Department is currently considering the options available to address the school's accommodation needs and will be in further contact with the school authority when this process has been completed.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Staff (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: Redundancy terms in the Education and Training Sector, including those offered to qualifying school secretaries, derive from a collective agreement made in June 2012 between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on behalf of the Government and the Public Services Committee of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, and a subsequent decision of the Labour Court in 2014. These terms...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The person to whom the Deputy refers is a former employee of an Institute of Technology. It is the responsibility of each Institute to administer the rules of the relevant pension scheme for its members which includes applying pension increases which are sanctioned by my Department in consultation with the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. Officials in my Department have...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Speech and Language Therapy (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 184 and 236 together. The Deputy will be aware that a demonstration project to provide in-school and pre-school therapy services has been introduced for the 2018/19 school year. The demonstration project is being developed by a Working Group which includes representatives from the Departments of Education, Children and Youth Affairs, Health, and the Health...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Amalgamation (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I can confirm to the Deputy that the decision making authority for school amalgamations belongs to the Patron/Trustees of a school, and this is subject to the approval of the Minister for Education and Skills. Any proposed changes involves extensive negotiations at local level and must be well planned and managed in a manner that accommodates the interests of students, parents, teachers,...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: I propose to answer Questions Nos. 186 and 187 together. The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for determining the appropriate staffing levels in relation to the support of pupils with special educational needs in special schools, in accordance with the policies of my Department. Enhanced pupil teacher and SNA ratios are provided to special schools to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Data (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) has a statutory function to plan and co-ordinate the provision of education and support services to children with special educational needs, in consultation with the relevant education partners and the Health Service Executive (HSE). This includes identifying the need for special class and special school placements nationally on an ongoing...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (18 Dec 2018)

Joe McHugh: The National Council for Special Education (NCSE) is responsible for allocating a quantum of Special Needs Assistant (SNA) support for each school annually taking into account the assessed care needs of children qualifying for SNA support enrolled in the school. The NCSE allocates SNA support to schools in accordance with the criteria set out in Department Circular 0030/2014, which is...